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Kevin Roche

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

Jul 03 2015

Aetna has supposedly agreed to buy Humana in a deal worth $37 billion, but the transaction seems so unlikely to receive regulatory approval that you have to wonder what the real purpose is.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150703/NEWS/307029973?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150703-NEWS-307029973&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Jul 02 2015

Large Medicaid health plan Centene is getting larger by purchasing HealthNet in a stock and cash deal worth around $6.3 billion.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20150702/NEWS03/150709951?tags=%7C63%7C307%7C285
Jul 01 2015

Workers' comp managed care service provide Genex has acquired Integrated Care Management, which offers disability case management.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20150701/NEWS08/150709984?tags=%7C338%7C70%7C285%7C304%7C92#utm_medium=email&utm_source=bi-dailyalert&utm_campaign=bi-dailyalert-20150701
Jul 01 2015

According to Markets & Markets the health care analytics market will be worth $23 billion by 2020.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-data-analytics-market-905.html
Jul 01 2015

HomeHero, which helps seniors find home health care, has raised an additional $20 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/senior-care-startup-homehero-raises-20m-series-a-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ca9f85af2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ca9f85af2-67677117
Jul 01 2015

In a complex transaction,  EHR vendor AllScripts is getting a $100 million investment from biotech entrepreneur Soon-Shiung and in return is making a $200 million in Nant Health, a company he founded to advance precision medicine.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/biotech-billionaire-soon-shiong-plots-second-ipo-nanthealth/2015-06-30
Jun 30 2015

Activate, which operates onsite health clinics, has garnered an undisclosed new investment from a private equity firm.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spring-mountain-capital-leads-new-round-of-financing-in-activate-healthcare-300106104.html
Jun 30 2015

Insurance broker Willis and benefits consultant Towers Watson are merging in a $8.7 billion deal.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-30/willis-group-and-towers-watson-agree-to-18-billion-merger
Jun 30 2015

A company that helps providers do Medicare quality information filings, Health eFilings, has received about $1 million in new capital.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/two-health-care-technology-companies-raise-funds-from-investors-b99528686z1-310684731.html
Jun 30 2015

Elli Health has raised $1.2 million for its app which connects patients and providers.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/two-health-care-technology-companies-raise-funds-from-investors-b99528686z1-310684731.html
Jun 30 2015

A study in Lancet suggests that patients have better outcomes if they are readmitted to hospitals where the initial admission occurred.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60087-3/abstract
Jun 29 2015

Under the heading of "could there be some hypocrisy here", AHIP, the health plan trade group has released a brief on the evil effects of hospital consolidation, which is a problem, while at the same time saying nothing bad could come from rumored health plan consolidations.

http://www.ahipcoverage.com/2015/06/26/new-data-brief-on-hospital-consolidation-and-premiums/